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Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana

Obtain the Materials. So you made it through the intro?

Obtain the Materials

Good. There's something that must be said before we go any further. I'm not liable. For anything. Rockets-of-the-world.jpg (JPEG Image, 1993 × 3047 pixels) - Scaled (30%) My Space Balloon: Project Stratohab Success!! High School Student's Budget. "We're making space more American.

My Space Balloon: Project Stratohab Success!! High School Student's Budget

We're making space more democratic. We're making space more available, approachable and real to the average American. " - James Muncy, President of Polispace As an avid maker and hobbyist, I support the open source initiative like the Arduino micro controller platform. When I decided to start this project 6 months ago, I dreamed of reaching space on a high school student's budget. Along the way, I also dreamed of publishing my research and development on near space, so we can make space more democratic and available to the everyday DIY-er.

Masterbreak.jpg (JPEG Image, 1200 × 785 pixels) 7 Mad Science Experiments You Can Do At Home But Probably Shouldn’t. By the time you finish reading this article, you will undoubtedly think of Theo Gray when you hear someone say "mad scientist. " Theo, a columnist for the magazine Popular Science, recently published a book titled Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home - But Probably Shouldn't . The book is full of experiments so outrageous (Ignite your own phosphorus sun in a globe filled with pure oxygen! Make your own shotgun ammo by pouring molten lead off the roof! Heat a hot tub with 500 pounds of quicklime!) Behind the gorgeous photos of each experiment, there is solid science explained in clear, accessible language with a little dash of humor that made Theo's monthly PopSci column so popular. Zero G Corporation : The Experience.

Video: Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror. Yes, That’s a Tampon in My Mouth: The Swiss Army Survival Tampon — 10 Survival Uses. Welcome to Slothfurnace.com... Tasty! This saber was begun shortly after I finished my New Hope Obi illuminated saber.

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To begin with, I picked up a cheaply priced Graflex 2 cell on ebay, and proceeded to make it into a 3 cell. The original prop from Star Wars: A New Hope was a Graflex Flash gun. Used in the 30's and 40's to fire off the flash bulbs in certain cameras. The prop makers on the set of Episode IV glued grips to the body and inserted a bubble strip from a Texas Instruments Exactra 20 calculator into the flash clamp. Giant chamber on the moon discovered, perfect for a future base. The Indian Space Research Organization has discovered a massive underground chamber near the moon's equator, one that would be perfect for housing a moon base.

Giant chamber on the moon discovered, perfect for a future base

A moon base! BarePaint - Conductive Paint (50ml) Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived. Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla.

Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived

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How to Make a Three-Pendulum Rotary Harmonograph

This 3-pendulum rotary type of harmonograph gives a wide variety of pleasant results, and is fairly easy to build once you've settled on a design and have acquired the appropriate materials and tools. This is a great project to do with kids and can result in endless experiments creating new types of geometric designs. Skip to More Results and Movie Two lateral pendulums swing back and forth at right angles to each other with arms connecting to a pen. One moves the pen from side to side, and the second moves it from front to back on the paper. A third "rotary" pendulum moves the paper by swinging on any axis or in circular motions, while the pen is drawing on it.

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IdeaPaint: Turn Your Entire Office Into a Whiteboard. Why didn't you think of this?

IdeaPaint: Turn Your Entire Office Into a Whiteboard

John Goscha, at the ripe old age of 25 ditched a job offer at Goldman Sachs, and instead began marketing IdeaPaint, which is simply a paint that turns any paintable surface into a dry-erase board. The benefit--besides being able to brainstorm on almost every inch of your office--is that the paint is half the cost of whiteboard and better-performing--you can leave marks up indefinitely, and they won't stain the wall. Elevator Hack. 50 essential photography tips. Whether photography is a hobby or a profession, you'll get a whole lot more out of it if you understand how it works.

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While never accomplishing its goal of the first crossing of the Antarctic continent, this expedition has become a larger-than-life testament to heroism and human endurance, with all 28 men surviving nearly two years in the barren, frigid Antarctic when their ship, Endurance, was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed. In October-November 1999 and April 2000, the Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure production team undertook two expeditions to the Antarctic, capturing stunning images as they retraced and re-created the journey of Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance.

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